Annals Of Henrico Parrish Diocese Of Virginia And Especially Of St Johns Church The Present Mother Church Of The Parish From 1611 To 1884 PDF Download

Excerpt from Annals of Henrico Parish The Annals of Henrico Parish down to Easter, 1884, were originally prepared by me at the request of Bishop Randolph, to furnish him with the facts of the history of St. John's for the preparation of his discourse for the sesqui-centennial, celebrated June 10, 1891. Shortly after that anniversary, I made up the Annals into an address and delivered it in St. John's, as Bishop Randolph had quoted only slightly from my gathered facts, his treatment of his theme having been rather philosophical. The annals of my own rectorship, as I say more partien larly in the introduction thereto, are not meant for publica tion or expected to be generally read. I do not pretend to be a historian of my own time; much less do I wish to appear as magnifying my own ministry. Some of the minute de tails are of no importance in themselves, and probably will have no interest to the future historian of the parish, who may seek material in these pages; but they are put on record for the sake of those concerned, to whom the smallest things and simplest facts in and about the Church of their love are sacred and precious. On the other hand, I have told of things which everybody, now a member of St. John's, sees or knows; but I have been mindful of a time when these things may have disappeared or those who know of their history may have departed. The difficulties I found in preparing the facts concerning St. John's Church, through the one hundred and fifty years of its existence as a building, influenced me not a little in this matter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.